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Originally Posted by Jimjam
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I think most came here for nostalgia, some came to try out something they heard about but never got a chance to play.
Further to that, they came here for the chance to try content they never got to. They saw their failure to succeed 20 years ago, and wanted to make amends to that and become a 'master of the game'. I know I was excited to go back to eq classic and try it again but as a more experienced player.
Eventually, as we exhaust lower content and try out higher end stuff, we get caught into the trap. We move further away from our live experiences; content we never saw before, tactics and strategies that didn't exist. Player competition we never saw on live.
Eventually this microcosm becomes the new game for us and we forget why we originally came to p1999. When the status quo is shaken up we feel like we have lost something we are entitled to.
It takes a moment to regain the perspective of why the project is here: as an exercise in experimental archaeology to help recreate this game we love as it was.
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Also an argument here for physical media. With things going digital a company can significantly alter something, you will not be able to restore it or in some cases just remove it from existence entirely because it doesn't fit whatever model they are using now.
For people that came before my time on PC, iirc this was one of their problems and warnings of the MMORPG age. Everquest may not be specifically to blame for this but it helped usher an era that followed where things end up this way.
Im my mind an understanding, I see an MMORPG such as EQ as its own thing with no influences on any other genre or game design. Paying a monthly fee was something specific to this game and part of its charm. Some people on old game forums hate EQ but not because of the game but the influences it eventually brought.